Lost something? $2 million check found on Madrid's Metro

If you were traveling on line 5 of Madrid's Metro recently, and just happened to lose a check made out for $2 million (€1.48 million), you are in luck. It has been found.

A US tourist must be tearing his or her hair out right now, wondering where that rather large check is.

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Bank error: Wrong home evicted in Azuara, Spain

A family traveled to Azuara in 2011 to stay in their holiday home in the town, only to find that the bank had evicted them and most of their belongings were gone. It seems the bank had cleared the wrong home and are still refusing to reimburse them. 

The couple, originally from Zaragoza, own a holiday home in the northern Spanish village of Azuara.

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New US ambassador to Spain has arrived in Madrid

One of 16 new ambassadors to present their papers to Spanish King Juan Carlos in Madrid on Tuesday, the new US ambassador to Spain and Andorra, James Costos, is an animal rights campaigner, a vegetarian and is openly gay. 

Costos is one of five openly gay ambassadors appointed by US President Barack Obama and, together with his partner of 14 years, Michael S, Smith, is excited to be back in Spain, a country they both love.

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Spanish film on Beatlemania in Franco era wows film festival

Based on a true story and set in the Franco dictatorship era, a Spanish "Beatlemania" film stunned critics at the San Sebastián film festival in Spain. It tells the tale of how the British band's songs inspired one ordinary Spaniard during hard times. 

The film, dubbed "Vivir es fácil con los ojos cerrados", or "Living Is easy with your eyes closed" directed by David Trueba, tells the tale of Antonio San Roman, a small-town Spanish school teacher who plays the Beatles songs to teach his pupils English...

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Estranged husband kills wife, 5-year-old son in La Luz, Málaga

When Estefanía T. V. failed to arrive at her parents' home where she cared for her grandmother and her young son Aaron didn't show up at school, Estefanía's father went to her home in the La Luz district of Málaga, Spain and made a shocking discovery. 

Estefanía's father arrived at the home at lunchtime, got no answer at the door.

He found a ladder and climbed in through a window of the first floor apartment in Avenida Isaac Peral, where the family has lived since the couple separated during the summer...

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Arnold Fighters: Arnie's Madrid fight club hit by safety concerns

In a video promoting the event, Arnold Swartzenegger promises that "he will be there" at the martial arts extravaganza planned in Madrid from October 11th to 13th. However, there may be problems as the event hasn't met minimum safety requirements. 

"Arnold Fighters" is billed as a mixed martial arts extravaganza, featuring everything from boxing to Brazilian Jujutsu, and even the great Arnold Swartzenegger himself.

Read more and watch video: http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/358944

Spanish journalist hostage in Syria since early September 2013

According to an announcement late on Monday, Marc Marginedas, a special correspondent in Syria for Spanish newspaper El Periodico, has been kidnapped and has been held hostage since September 4 this year. 

El Periodico (Spanish language) announced the abduction late on Monday, in its online edition, with the headline: "Journalist Marc Marginedas abducted in Syria."

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